Fueling Growth

Accelerence: Fueling Growth Blog

Mckinsey has had two excellent pieces recently worth reading. The first is titled "Grow Fast or Die Slow: Pivoting Beyond The Core", which outlines important thought processes for software companies. The second is titled "How Digital is Changing Strategy", about how digital focus must meet with strategic vision. I made some brief comments on both.

Scott Leib’s article on “How to Preserve Founder’s Mentality During Your Company’s Growth Stage” is spot on. As companies scale from a hand full of employees to hundreds, business process best practices must be integrated into the fabric of the company.

Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn lays out the essential pact between employer and employee. One that retains and develops employees. LinkedIn’s approach is masterful. It’s all about adding value to the other. The employer must be promoter of the concept. First, the employer has to believe in developing employee’s self-equity. If they don’t then employees will do it somewhere else.